VS2015 can't find Newtonsoft.Json converters?

Asked Aug 09 '16 at 19:54

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It feels like this should be so simple, but I'm very stuck on it. In VisualStudio 2015 with .Net4.5.2, I'm trying to deserialize JSON into a dynamic object in C#. I've added a NuGet package for Newtonsoft.Json v9.0.0.0 and I've added the proper using statements:

using Newtonsoft.Json; using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

Then I create a dynamic object to hold the deserialized data:

dynamic _dynamic = (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(val)) ? new ExpandoObject() : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(val, new ExpandoObjectConverter());

But at compile time, it complains about the ExpandoObjectConverter:

CS0246  C# The type or namespace name 'ExpandoObjectConverter' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

In another solution, I can browse to ExpandoObjectConverter in Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.8\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll but in my new project, it "Cannot navigate to the symbol under the caret.".

Thoughts? I'm sure it will turn out to be something stupid I've missed. Thanks.

asked Aug 09 '16 at 19:54

Jarvis

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your referenced ddl might not be same as your project's framework. – Raktim Biswas Aug 09 '16 at 20:04
You're suggesting that Newtonsoft.Json v9 uses an old version of .net? – Jarvis Aug 09 '16 at 20:21
yes, try using v4.0 or v4.5. – Raktim Biswas Aug 09 '16 at 20:23
Okay now I've tried .NET 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5, and 4.0. The same error occurs under each of those frameworks. – Jarvis Aug 11 '16 at 10:53
maybe you can still try them on the other .NET framework versions by reinstalling the package `Update-Package –reinstall Newtonsoft.Json` just to make sure if it gives any pointers :) – Raktim Biswas Aug 11 '16 at 13:17
add this line in your `app.config`... `` – Raktim Biswas Aug 22 '16 at 19:09

VS2015 can't find Newtonsoft.Json converters?

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